EXTRAMURAL RES FACIL CONST: TB

描述(由申请者提供)：UPR-RP园区的CNS申请200万美元用于建造21,120平方米。英国《金融时报》28万平方米的实验室空间。英国《金融时报》分子科学综合体。为神经科学、蛋白质研究和药物化学的教职员工提供住房的资金将大大有助于CNS实现以下目标：1)增加女性和少数族裔科学家的数量；2)改善神经科学、蛋白质研究和药物化学的研究；3)使研究成果服务于社会。该项目的具体目标是吸引、支持和留住一支能够进行尖端研究的科学家队伍，并为有才华的理科学生提供最先进的研究设施。CNS在全国理科学士(B.S.)毕业生中排名第四获得化学博士学位的学生和第一批获得化学博士学位的女性毕业生。UPR-RP获得博士学位的理科毕业生中，90%都是在美国大陆的大学获得博士学位的。CNS是少数族裔科学博士的主要生产者。自1990年以来的博士毕业生中，52人在公关学院和大学任教；62人在公关和美国大陆的工业或学院和大学工作。CNS在波多黎各拥有最强大的博士和研究项目。它打算有一个与美国大陆的研究项目具有竞争力的研究项目。国立卫生研究院(NIH)少数民族机构研究中心(RCMI)用于翻新和设备的资金使CNS进入了其向研究机构演变的重要阶段。招募了注重研究的科学家，同行评议期刊和校外基金的出版物大幅增加。CNS准备吸引更多以研究为导向的教职员工，增加在高影响力期刊上的发表，从竞争更激烈的领域寻求资金，并吸引和毕业更多和准备更好的科学家。需要高质量的研究空间。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The CNS at UPR-RP campus requests $2 million for construction of 21,120 sq. ft. of laboratory space in the 280,000 sq. ft. Molecular Sciences Complex. The funds to house faculty members in Neuroscience, Protein Studies, and Pharmaceutical Chemistry will significantly contribute to CNS achieving the following objectives: 1) increase the number of women and minority scientists; 2) improve research in neuroscience, protein studies, and pharmaceutical chemistry; and 3) make the results of research available to serve society. The specific aims of the project are to attract, support, and retain a cadre of scientists capable of cutting-edge research and to provide state-of-the-art research facilities for talented science students. CNS is fourth in the nation in graduating Bachelor of Science (B.S.) students who attain Ph.D. in chemistry and first in graduating women who attain Ph.D. in Chemistry. Ninety percent of UPR-RP's science graduates who earn a Ph.D. do so at mainland U.S. universities. CNS is the leading producer of minority Ph.D. in the sciences. Of Ph.D. graduates since 1990, 52 teach in colleges and universities in PR; and 62 work in industry or colleges and universities in PR and the mainland United States of America (USA). CNS has the strongest Ph.D. and research programs in Puerto Rico. It intends to have a research program that will be competitive with those in the mainland of USA. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI) funds for renovations and equipment have brought CNS to an important stage in its evolution to a research institution. Research-oriented scientists have been recruited and publications in peer-reviewed journals and extramural funds have increased dramatically. CNS is ready to attract more research-oriented faculty members, increase publications in high-impact journals, seek funds from more competitive arenas, and attract and graduate more and better-prepared scientists. High quality research space is needed.